Land Classification Under Income Tax Act: Section 2(14) Defines Land as Capital or Agricultural Based on Specific Criteria.

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....Nature of land sold - Capital asset u/s 2(14) or agricultural land - If both the conditions are present then it would not be agricultural land and would be treated as capital asset. However, inversely speaking, if either of the two conditions are absent then the land would be agricultural land and excluded from capital asset. Though we have held the land in question to be within the jurisdiction of a municipality we find the second condition to bring the land outside the ambit of agricultural land i.e. that the area has a population which is not less than 10,000 absent. - HC....